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Tata Power has re-opened India’s nascent domestic corporate hybrid bond market, bringing a deal that has doubled this year's volume in the sector at a single stroke. But bankers should not get too excited. There are reasons why there have been so few sizeable deals.
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Leniency for banks that break the law? You must be joking! Well, not necessarily. The FSA might do well to take notice of the Treasury Select Committee’s recommendation and impose smaller fines on banks that admit wrongdoing. Within reason, trading leniency for honesty could work.
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An overwhelming majority of investors believe that another LTRO is inevitable. The previous two interventions disrupted normal market operations. The ECB must tread carefully with its third.
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Increased demand from dollar investors for yieldy bank paper helped UBS print its new $2bn Coco with permanent principal write-down features. But institutional funds may still not be ready for additional tier one products.
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If angry lenders are looking for someone to blame for Isbank’s attempt to undercut the Turkish FI pricing benchmark, they should begin by looking close to home.
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Central bankers face a tough job keeping markets happy, particularly when reactions to their every word become more extreme each day. ECB president Mario Draghi came in for a torrent of criticism last week after failing to live up to the market's wildest expectations. But he should not be the target